CIO 100 Symposium & Awards India Agenda
Wednesday, September 17
12:30 PM - 15:30 PM
Arrivals, Power Lunch & CIO100 Winners Photoshoot
Collect your special 20th Edition CIO100 Memorabilia
High-Tea Roundtables (Parallel Sessions)
16:00 PM - 17:00 PM
How data empowers AI strategy for CIOs
Future-Proofing Your Business in the era of Agentic AI
Leveraging cloud strategy for Cybersecurity Resilience
16:30 PM - 17:30 PM
Executive Networking: Connections over High-Tea
Host Partner
18:00 PM - 19:00 PM
Welcome Address: 20 years of CIO100 (India)
Rich Legacy of CIO100 Awards and Brand CIO
How Human Leadership navigates the age of AI
International Keynote
Special Address by Host Partner
19:00 PM - 19:45 PM
CIO100 Special Awards Ceremony
Leaders in AI-Native Networking by Juniper Networks
CIO100 Special Awards Ceremony
Cloud Data Security Supremos by Netskope
19:45 PM - 20:00 PM
Raising a toast to 20 years of CIO100
Foundry Global Team, Special Invitees
20:00 PM - 20:45 PM
CIO100 Special Awards Ceremony
Zero Trust Mavens by ACPL
CIO100 Special Awards Ceremony
Data Security Maestros by Varonis
20:45 PM - 21:15 PM
CIO100 Game Changers Awards 2025
21:15 PM - 21:30 PM
Closing Remarks
21:30 PM - 22:30 PM
Gala Networking and Dinner
Thursday, September 18
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Registration, Networking and Expo Zones Discovery
Roundtables (Parallel Sessions)
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
How businesses are strengthened with effective use of Gen AI
Data and AI challenges in an increasingly digital landscape
How Zero Trust Networks can strengthen organizational cybersecurity strategy
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Welcome Address
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
5 Lessons to Shape Your AI Digital Future: Learning from the Past
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Leadership Chaos: How to stay steady when everything is shifting
International Keynote Speaker
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Embracing the Mainstream Shift: The Era of App Modernization (Host Partner Session)
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Introducing Agents: Where AI and Automation Collide
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Boosting Your Cloud Strategy to Accelerate Your Business
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Maximizing Digital Transformation Strategies for Business Growth
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
20 years and counting: What I learnt in tech leadership
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Tea/ Coffee & Networking Break
12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
CIO Panel discussion: Emergence of CIO as a Boardroom Influencer
12:50 PM - 13:10 PM
Operational Improvements – Smart Connected Things, AI & Customer Engagement
13:10 PM - 13:30 PM
Innovative Risk Management & Resource Allocation
13:30 PM - 13:50 PM
Visionary Keynote – Decoding the DPDP Act : Dos and Don’ts for CIOs
13:50 PM - 14:30 PM
Lunch & Networking
14:30 PM - 15:00 PM
CIO Panel Discussion: Women in Tech – Empowering Human Skillsets for the AI Wave
15:00 PM - 15:20 PM
Unlocking Data Value in the Era of AI
Platinum Tracks - Parallel Sessions (Silent Conferencing)
15:20 PM - 15:40 PM
Platinum Track 1: Architecting Infrastructure for the Digital Enterprise
Platinum Partner 1 (15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
Platinum Partner 2 (15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
15:40 PM - 16:00 PM
Platinum Track 2: Getting Ready for AI at Scale: Data, Sourcing, and Governance
Platinum Partner 3 (15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
Platinum Partner 4 (15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
Gold Tracks - Parallel Sessions (Silent Conferencing)
16:00 PM - 16:15 PM
Gold Track 1: Optimize and Innovate IT and Business Processes Through Automation
Gold Partner 1 (10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
Gold Partner 2 (10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
16:15 PM - 16:30 PM
Gold Track 2: Maximizing Operational Efficiency: Strategies and Solutions
Gold Partner 3 (10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
Gold Partner 4 (10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q/A)
16:30 PM - 17:00 PM
CIOs emerging as AI leaders : How, Why & When?
Industry Expert Speaker
High Tea Roundtables (Parallel Sessions)
17:00 PM - 18:00 PM
Multicloud ROI: A guide to maximizing value and efficiency
Agentic AI: Promising use cases for business
Cloud in the age of AI: Best Practices for CIOs
18:00 PM - 19:00 PM
Networking and Expo Zones Discovery
CIO100 Awards Ceremony, Entertainment and Dinner
19:00 PM - 21:00 PM
CIO100 Hall of Fame by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
CIO100 Awards – The Evangelist 100
21:00 PM - 22:00 PM
Gala Dinner
Friday, September 19
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration, Networking, Tea/ Coffee and Expo Zones Discovery
09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Editors’ Fireside Chat – The Changing Role of CIO
09:20 AM - 09:50 AM
DPDP Act: The Road Ahead
Industry Speaker, Cybersecurity Expert
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Tackling AI Challenges Across Industries
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
How to protect what You Don’t Yet See
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
From compliance to opportunity: Adapting to Regulatory Shifts
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Fireside Chat: Women in IT Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Recharge, Refresh, and Connect: Your Perfect Tea & Coffee Networking Break
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion: The Future of Security in AI-Everywhere World
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Accelerating Digital Infrastructure Roadmaps: Key Considerations for IT Leaders
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Are AI agents the new cybersecurity nightmare?
12:40 PM - 13:00 PM
Modernising Legacy Systems for innovation and operational stability
13:00 PM - 13:30 PM
International Keynote/ Celebrity Speaker
13:30 PM - 13:50 PM
Partner Felicitation
13:50 PM - 14:00 PM
Closing Remarks
14:00 PM - 15:00 PM
Lunch, Checkout and Airport Transfer